He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints.

Everyone has to cross a certain number of hurdles to reach the place they intend to reach. But it totally depends on you, how many you cross every day.

In short, it takes great things years, yes, but it depends a good deal on your motivation and the intensity of your practise. That’s something that can set you apart.